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Strong to Severe Storms Possible Tonight and On Friday Morning

A strong cold front will move across Louisiana tonight and through Baton Rouge overnight.  A squall line of thunderstorms is moving ahead of the front.  Some of these storms could become strong to severe at times.  Additionally, some storms could form ahead of the squall line, and these storms could also be strong to severe.  However, the threat is low for Baton Rouge now!!

SPC no longer has the Baton Rouge area in a Slight Risk for severe storms.  However, we could still have a few develop.  The main threat from the storms will still be damaging winds.  However, a few tornadoes and some hail can't be ruled out.  Fortunate for us, the worst threat for severe weather is across Mississippi and Alabama now, not Louisiana.

Once the cold front moves through by Early Friday Morning, the severe weather threat will be over.  Then we will have some lingering showers with a few rumbles of thunder the rest of the morning into the afternoon hours.  Eventually, we will clear out the rain and have partly cloudy skies by Friday Evening.  It will turn MUCH COLDER tomorrow behind the cold front with highs only in the 60s!!  Friday Night will have possible RECORD LOWS as the temperatures fall to near 40.  Brrr!!

Be sure to keep it tuned to WBRZ, WBRZ Weather Channel and my Facebook and Twitter pages for updates.  I'll be on 2une In Friday Morning with a full update of our weather.  Have a good night and stay safe! -Dave

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